A less government conservative Republican from Livingston County, MI
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Chairman of LCRP since January 2013

The democrats made some big gains here, bucking the trend of most counties in the state. Kerry flipped several townships here. I do not know the exact reasons, but I can speculate two possible reasons. One is the growing Mexican population here. The other possible one I think of is union members from Muskegon moving here. This county needs to be watched in the future.

Redistricting changed the state senate and state rep districts. The old district was based all the way in Midland and moved westward. That leaned Republican. The current district is a toss-up district based in Muskegon. Muskegon goes democrat, and the Republicans need to count on the rest of the counties (esp. Newaygo) to make up the difference. Oceana County is key for this seat. The state rep district is moved from a coastal district to a Oceana/Newaygo/Lake district which leans GOP since Lake County is so small.